Fraser

Northern Canberra

Very Safe Labor 14.2%

MP

Dr Andrew Leigh (ALP) since 2010.

Profile

A northern ACT electorate, covering all of the Canberra metropolitan area north of Lake Burley Griffin and the Molonglo River. Also includes the Jervis Bay Commonwealth territory. Covers 513 square kilometres. (Map)

Background

Created in 1974 when the old ACT electorate was divided in two, the electorate of Fraser is named after Jim Fraser, Labor member for the ACT, 1951-70. The seat was held for Labor by John Langmore 1984-97, when he was succeeded by Steve Dargavel for the balance of that parliament. At the 1998 election, the ACT reverted to two House seats after a single term with three, and Canberra MP Bob McMullan switched seat and represented Fraser from 1998 until retiring at the 2010 election. McMullan previously represented the ACT in the Senate from 1988-96 and Canberra in the House 1996-98, and had been the Labor Party's National Secretary before entering Parliament.

2011 Census Profile

At 32 Fraser has the nation's fifth lowest median age and at 13.0% has the nation's fifth highest proportion of university students. At 1.7% the electorate has the nation's lowest proportion of the workforce employed in manufacturing.

2013 Ballot Paper (7 Candidates)

Candidate Name

Party

CHURCHILL, Darren Mark

Australian Democrats

LEE, Elizabeth

Liberal

LEIGH, Andrew

Australian Labor Party

ALCAZAR, Freddy Alejandro

Palmer United Party

ROSS, Jill Elizabeth

Rise Up Australia Party

HUGGINS, Sam

Bullet Train For Australia

VERWEY, Adam

Australian Greens

Candidates

Darren Mark Churchill

Australian Democrats

48 year-old Churchill has lived most of his life in the Canberra region. He has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Newcastle and a Graduate Diploma in Education from the University of Wollongong and has taught in secondary schools in both NSW and the ACT. He has also worked in the music industry doing sound and lighting, and in the early 1990s was a band manager. Currently Churchill works as a political and fitness consultant.

Elizabeth Lee

Liberal

Lee migrated to Australia from South Korea in 1986 with her parents and young sister, and moved to Canberra in 1998 to study Law and Asian Studies at the Australian National University. Lee practised as a lawyer in both the government and private sector, and is currently a lecturer in law at ANU and the University of Canberra. She has led the ACT and the Australian Young Lawyers committees, and served as an ACT Law Society councillor. Lee was a Liberal candidate for Molonglo nat the 2012 ACT election.

Andrew Leigh

Australian Labor Party

41 year-old Andrew Leigh is a lawyer and economist who overcame a factional deal to win Labor endorsement from local branch members ahead of the 2010 election. He attended James Ruse Agricultural High School and graduated with law and economics degrees from Sydney University before studying at Harvard. He first moved to Canberra to work as an associate for Justice Michael Kirby. Before his election to parliament he was a Professor of Economics at ANU. He was briefly appointed a Parliamentary Secretary after the March 2013 non-challenge to Julia Gillard's leadership, but returned to the back bench when Kevin Rudd returned as Prime Minister.

Freddy Alejandro Alcazar

Jill Elizabeth Ross

Adam Verwey

Australian Greens

Verwey grew up in outback Australia before moving to Canberra in 2001 to study at the University of Canberra. For the past 8 years he has worked for Australian Ethical Investment where he is a Business Relationships Manager.